![]() ![]() To show where the freestyle fits in with the current portable projector market I selected two other projectors to compare to in this video: First is the new XGiMi Halo plus because it has a similar feature set and MSRP to the freestyle and Second is the XGiMi MoGo Pro which is a considerably cheaper 1080p alternative with similar specs to the Freestyle. The ANSI lumen is the accepted standard for measuring projector brightness, and it’s calculated by taking a brightness measurement at 9 different zones on an all white screen, then averaging those measurements, and multiplying by the screen size in square meters to get the ANSI lumens.Īccording to my actual testing the Samsung freestyle comes in at 240 ANSI lumens, which means that the 550 lumens listed on the pre-order page is referring to something called LED lumens and unfortunately not ANSI lumens. However, lumens is an ambiguous term for projectors and if a listing doesn’t specifically say ANSI lumens, then you shouldn’t trust it. Samsung’s pre-order page lists the brightness of the freestyle at 550 lumens, which sounds great. ![]() Starting with brightness, my experience having tested a ton of budget projectors is that for a mostly dark room 300 ANSI lumens is a tipping point between an acceptable viewing experience and a good one. I also passed judgement on Samsung for flooding YouTube with paid reviews that clearly didn’t let reviewers speak openly about the Freestyle’s problems.Ī lot of you agreed with me, but there were also quite a few comments pointing out that I shouldn’t write off the freestyle without testing it myself, which I actually agree with, except it wasn’t possible because the only people who had the projector were those paid influencers… but now I have one, so it’s time to finally get some unbiased testing to see if my earlier advice to steer clear holds up, or if I’m going to have to eat my words.įor better or for worse, the Samsung freestyle is mostly being marketed at people who have never owned a projector, so if you fall into that category here are all the things that you might not have thought of that will make or break your projector experience, and today on the hookup we’re going to test them all. Three weeks ago I made a video saying that no one should buy this Samsung freestyle projector because the price was too high and the specs were too low.
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